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Top 10 moments from the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Oct 10, 2016, 10:54 AM IST

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during their presidential town hall debate with Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., October 9, 2016.

Second US Presidential debate | Here's what you missed

After a week of scandals, the contentious town-hall presidential debate got off to a rocky start when the two candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stepped on stage and didn't greet each other with the traditional handshake.

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According to Twitter, the 90-minute debate was the most-tweeted debate ever, with more than 17 million interactions.


In case you missed it, here's all you need to know about it in 10 moments:

1. Trump's lewd remarks about women

Donald Trump was forced to comment about a 2005 video that emerged on Friday, in which he is heard making lewd remarks about groping women.

Trump said he was embarrassed by the video. “I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do,” he said, adding, “I was embarrassed by it.” However, he dismissed it as "locker room talk" and said President Bill Clinton had done worse to women."Mine are words and his are action," said Trump, who before the debate made an appearance with women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct.

Trump also accused Hillary Clinton of attacking women who have alleged sexual misconduct by her husband. To that, Clinton said Trump's comments prove he is unfit to be president. "He has said the video doesn’t represent who he is but I think it’s clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is," Clinton said.

2. On Hillary Clinton's emails

Trump went on the attack against Clinton over her private email server, telling her "You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

No charges were filed after a year-long investigation into the emails. Earlier this year, FBI Director James Comey said Clinton had been careless in her handling of sensitive material.

Clinton once again insisted there as “no evidence” that her server had been hacked and that she took "classified material very seriously.”

Trump said: “You said it was fine to delete 33,000 emails. I don’t think so.”

"You know it’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in this country.” Trump responded, “Because you’d be in jail.”

If elected president, Trump said, “I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation,” citing her use of a private email server as Secretary of State. 

Cheers could be heard from the crowd.

3. On Russia

Clinton said Vladimir Putin and the Russian government was directing hacks and attempting to influence the outcome of the US election. The US, earlier this week, officially accused Russia of hacking into DNC emails. During the debate Trump said he didn't know Putin and knew "nothing about Russia".

4. Awkward stance

Clinton and Trump's attacks at each other weren't the only thing that got viewers attention. At one point, while Clinton was responding to an audience member's question about the Affordable Care Act, Trump created an awkward situation by standing right behind her, which drew a lot of criticism.

5.  On banning Muslims

When he pushed to explain his proposed ban on Muslim immigration, Trump deflected the question and accused moderator Martha Raddatz of favouring Clinton. Trump said he supported "extreme vetting”.

Clinton said it was “important for us, as a policy” not to ban people based on religion. “We are a country founded on religious freedom and liberty,” she said.

6. On Iraq war

On the issue of the Iraq war, Trump claimed to have opposed it, despite past statements he made publicly that contradict him. Clinton said “we have it on tape” that Trump was for it. Trump hit back, “You voted for it and you shouldn’t have.”

7. Clinton's speech to Wall Street

Clinton was asked if it was acceptable for politicians to be “two-faced” referring to the private speech that was leaked, where she stressed the importance of keeping both a public and a private position on issues as a political figure. Wikileaks had released excerpts from transcripts of the closed-door speeches Clinton gave to Wall Street companies after leaving the US State Department.

Clinton responded saying she was following the example of Abraham Lincoln. "I was making the point that it is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working on it,” she said.

“Now she’s blaming the lie on the late, great Abraham Lincoln,”  Trump said. “Honest Abe never lied.”

8. African-American votes

An African-American in the audience asked both candidates if they could serve as president for “all Americans." Trump said he could saying and asked what would voters “have to lose?” “It can’t get any worse,” he said. 

Clinton said, “If you don’t vote for me, I still want to be your president.”

9. Trump's tweets

Moderator Anderson Cooper asked Trump if he had the discipline to lead, after a recent tweet,where he advised his followers to “check out” a sex tape featuring a former pageant winner whose weight he insulted in the 1990s. Trump denied mentioning a sex tape. On the issue of Twitter, Trump defended his incessant tweeting.“Tweeting happens to be a modern-day form of communication,” he said.“I’m not un-proud of it.”

Trump called out Clinton for saying half of his supporter "could be placed in a basket of  deplorables .” “Believe me, she has tremendous hate in her heart,” Trump said. 

10. Name one positive thing that you respect in one another?

After a no-holds-barred debate, the two candidates were asked a final question— would either of you name one positive thing that you respect in one another?

Clinton said she respects his children and they speak well of him. “As a mother and a grandmother” it’s very important, she said.

Trump said, “She doesn’t quit, she doesn’t give up. I respect that. I tell it like it is. She’s a fighter... she does fight hard and she doesn’t quit and I consider that to be a very good trait.”

After the debate ended, the two awkwardly shook hands and proceeded to mingle with the crowd and their families.